The Light Between Oceans

From Moby-Dick to The Old Man and the Sea, books about life on and around the water have always fascinated readers. There is endless mystery, mythology and romance associated with exploring and understanding the world’s oceans, possibly because there is still so much exploring and understanding left to do. That we rely so heavily upon… Read More »

Today Netflix premiers its new television adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which, for me, means that tonight is going to be less about reading and more about watching. A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children’s books (thirteen, to be exact) about the orphaned Baudelaire children who are constantly… Read More »

OK so, summer is great. We all know this. It’s probably the most anticipated season in the year—‘cause who doesn’t love the luxury of enjoying gloriously lazy days out in the sun, whether on the beach, having a picnic or doing a backyard BBQ? The flip side, though, is…it can get real stinkin’ hot outside.… Read More »

I recently discovered Buzzfeed had done an amazing quiz called Can You Guess The Classic Novel From Its First Sentence? and I loved it so much I just had to create a spinoff for contemporary novels. Test your knowledge of recent literature! 1. “I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a… Read More »

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